Chapter 250: Backup Team

When Zhang Mu urged wolfdog, without caring about its messy appearance, wolfdog quickly gulped down the remaining Earth Dragon, then got up and continued digging towards Luo Yang City without finishing the underground project.

In the last five kilometers, Zhang Mu started to feel nervous. Even though they easily defeated the Earth Dragon, Zhang Mu had a bad feeling that they might have overlooked the range of the mutant beast’s territory.

When you have to do something, you have no choice but to do it.

The Earth Dragon from earlier must not be part of the group above, otherwise they would have discovered Zhang Mu and informed the others, and the twelve meters of earth would have been breached long ago.

While wolfdog was digging the tunnel, a sudden soul connection from the Obsidian Beetle made him tense.

“We don’t have much stored natural wind left. We need to speed up wolfdog. Its speed has decreased by two-thirds since earlier. It will need to stop digging soon to listen for any movement around.”

Zhang Mu responded gradually, “We only have three miles left. It’s understandable for wolfdog to be a bit nervous.”

“By the way, how much longer can your stored natural wind last?”

The Obsidian Beetle’s voice was serious as it said to Zhang Mu, “It will only last for five more minutes. At our current speed, we won’t make it to Luo Yang City. We’ll be trapped in this tunnel unless we dig up ten more meters to the surface.”

But when the time comes, it’s uncertain whether you’ll be surrounded by hundreds or thousands of mutant beasts.”

After some thinking, Zhang Mu decided to take a little risk and carefully commanded the earth-element mutated wolfhound, “Regain your original speed, let’s go all out and rush to Luo Yang City, time is running out.”

The wolfdog looked at Zhang Mu with some doubt, but when it saw the unquestionable seriousness in Zhang Mu’s eyes, it immediately mobilized all its energy, communicated with the earth-element around it, the surrounding earth began to tremble, resonating with the energy on the mutated wolfhound.

Roar!

The mutated wolfhound roared and with full force, conjured a helmet made of earth-element energy at its head, no longer using its forelimbs, but forcefully broke open the passage ahead with its head.

With Yuan Rui in one arm and Hao Hao in the other, Zhang Mu followed closely behind, barely keeping up with the speed of the mutated wolfhound.

This was the true strength of the mutated wolfhound, surrounded by earth-element energy, even though it was first-tier, its speed could easily press Zhang Mu down underground.

Without the deliberate control of the mutated wolfhound, rocks kept cracking and smashing towards the people behind as it moved, but Zhang Mu’s mental shield was fully activated now, any rock fragments that shattered towards him were directly deflected, having no impact at all on their speed.

After the rapid increase in the mutated wolfhound’s speed, the distance between them and Luo Yang City became shorter and shorter. With its current speed, the earth didn’t hinder it at all, instead, there was a supportive force from the earth giving it a push. However, the air resistance increased with the rising speed causing a significant energy loss.

In the blink of an eye, there was only one mile left, the final 500 meters, and they would enter the protected area of Luo Yang City. Just two minutes had passed.

Zhang Mu was a bit amazed. Even from the beginning, the mutated wolfhound’s speed had been impressive. Now that he had seen its power, he realized the strong bond it had with the earth element was reaching an almost extreme level.

Suddenly, Zhang Mu had an idea. When the mutated wolfhound advanced to second rank and couldn’t fly, could they rely on its ability to dig underground and flee?

It was exciting to think about. Flying, burrowing, he had multiple escape options now. Being prepared for emergencies was important.

Are they almost there?

Zhang Mu didn’t relax at this point. He still felt the sense of danger lingering. The next 500 meters should be the most perilous stretch if nothing unexpected happened.

“Be careful, I sense something tracking us.” Zhang Mu’s expression turned serious. He maintained his pace, hoping to reach Luo Yang City before danger struck if they were fast enough.

The mutated wolfhound let out a soft growl, increasing its speed even further. Zhang Mu and the others followed closely behind.

The feeling of danger weighed heavily on him. As a psychic, he sensed an increasing number of prying eyes around them, and the intensity was rising.

How come there are so many?

The mutated wolfhound began to feel agitated, its control over the earth element was being weakened and disrupted. It sensed a sharp decrease in its control over the surrounding earth element, so it had to speed up even more.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Zhang Mu’s pupils dilated, and several cracks simultaneously appeared in the surrounding rocks, emitting mutated beasts with the same appearance as the Earth Dragon from before, rushing out from all directions.

Did it call for help out of unwillingness in its heart? It should have realized long ago, how could there be only one earthworm in the soil?

It seems that the mutated wolfhound’s perception is already so disturbed that it can no longer judge when the opponent might appear.

Logically speaking, Zhang Mu is not afraid of a dozen first-level mutated beasts, but now it is their main battlefield, where they live, and the oxygen is about to run out, they are running out of time.

The timing and location are both lost, the only chance to turn the tables is unity.

In a second, over a dozen Earth Dragons with drill-like heads bumped against Zhang Mu’s mental shield. Although he immediately blocked this wave of attacks, Zhang Mu’s mental strength was rapidly depleting.

This time, the Earth Dragons did not spare the mutated wolfhounds. Several of them charged towards the mutated wolfhounds, showing that they had noticed this place as the main battlefield.

They could only rely on the Blood Lotus’s help, but Zhang Mu was currently holding Yuan Rui and Hao Hao while retreating, unable to free up his hands. Relying solely on the Blood Lotus could only barely stop the enemy’s attacks.

Although the bodies of these Earth Dragons were wrapped in a layer of rocks, they were very agile. The Blood Lotus could not restrain their bodies and movements at all.

“Hurry, keep digging, don’t stop. Leave these earthworms to me.”

Zhang Mu anxiously turned around and shouted at the mutated wolfhounds, successfully intercepting their attacks towards them.

However, because of this, Zhang Mu’s mental shield was starting to falter, shaking and wobbling. The earth-element boost that the Earth Dragons gained in the soil was too significant.

Zhang Mu couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

“Strike the young ones, let the old ones come. This backup team is really powerful.”

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